There are no written rules for NEA Jazz Masters. Clearly, they have earned the right to undertake their long-dreamed-of projects.…
Despite its jagged start, listen to Cantica Profana - The Béla Bartók Field Recordings (Sunnyside, 2025) its whole way through…
Fresh off their appearance at the Big Ears Festival, which this author unfortunately missed, the trio Fieldwork return with their…
Caelan Cardello is breaking out. As part of vocalist Tyreek McDole's backing quartet at this summer’s Newport Jazz Festival, the…
Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music, 2025) is alto saxophonist-composer Miguel Zenón’s first live album with his…
Strap yourself in for an exhilarating ride. Trombonist and composer Jacob Carchik’s Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time…
The comparison of a familiar hell to a strange heaven drives Australian-born bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh’s thinking…
The well-decorated Cuban-born, Brooklyn-based pianist Aruán Ortiz has developed his reputation in the avant-garde or free jazz world. Typically, when…
Tenorist Eric Alexander and altoist Vincent Herring celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their first saxophone ‘battle’ on Split Decision (SMOKE…
It has been quite some time since we heard from second generation AACM members Adegoke “Ade” Steve Colson and Iqua…